Exit Interview

Content:

(1) What is your essential question, and what are your answers?  What is your best answer and why?

EQ: What is the most significant factor in insuring the independence of a preschool special education student by the age of five?

My best Answer: The most significant factor in insuring independence of a preschool special education student by the age of five is to help them create a steady lesson plan that involves both social and academic skills for them to learn at their own pace. :emphasis on Pace.

(2) What process did you take to arrive at this answer?

It was really a lot of observation skills mixed with the books I read on early development for special education students.

(3) What problems did you face?  How did you resolve them?

At first i wanted to find a way to mesh my first and second answer but they still sounded like two answers instead of one cohesive answer that covered what i felt was the most significant factor. I decided to look back on my earliest notes in my Research Check notebook because those notes are from my best printed sources, one being the one listed below.

(4) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?

My mentor, William Harper and Early Communication Skills for children with Down Syndrome by Libby Kumin. These two are my best sources because everything important that was in this 600 page book answered every aspect of my essential question because of how detailed it was in, not only down syndrome, but early childhood development in a special education class as well. Mr. Harper helped me see the articles i read, first hand. Whether it was "How o create a lesson plan" or "Being Assertive in a Classroom", he helped me see everything in action and always answered any question I had on teaching.